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Dave McKenna

Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos are seen on December 24, 2025 in Aspen, Colorado.

Media Meltdowns

Jeff Bezos Is Putting The Washington Post Into Hospice

Patrick Redford

Kawhi Leonard #2 of the Los Angeles Clippers reacts during the first half of their game against the Brooklyn Nets at Intuit Dome on January 25, 2026 in Inglewood, California.

Clippers Win, Sentencing Blogger To Eat Words

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Chris Thompson

Vikings play-by-play guy Paul Allen talks into a microphone.

Oops! Vikings Play-By-Play Moron Chooses Yesterday’s Right-Wing Lie For Wisecrack About Minneapolis Protesters

Giri Nathan

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 04: Rich Paul talks with LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers in the second half at Crypto.com Arena on January 04, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

LeBron’s Agent Openly Suggests A Trade For The Lakers On His Podcast

Stephen A. Smith attends the game between the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers

Stephen A. Smith Attributes Outstanding NFL Performance To The Late Charlie Kirk

Tom Ley

CBS Anchor Tony Dokoupil Is Stuck In An Endless Loop Of Humiliation

Samer Kalaf

Young Palestinian choir members, attending an UNRWA-funded school, sing during a performance on July 18, 2023, in Gaza City.

Journalismism

Rolling Stone Makes The Absurd Claim That Women Are Not Allowed To Sing In Gaza

Tony Dokoupil Eats Heaps Of Shit In First Week As CBS News Anchor

Bari Weiss Keeps CBS News Groveling At The Feet Of Donald Trump

Kelsey McKinney

close up of Gritty's face with his big eyeballs looking at you

Tim, You Were Still On The Air, You Dummy

A screenshot of the "defector browser", which is just a simple looking browser but with slanted top and bottom like the Defector logo, and it's on a pale blue background, and the webpage up is a pixel art of an office that's an Athletic Director's office

Creator Of Athletic Director Simulator Supremely Chill About ESPN Copying His Idea

The front entrance of the Washington Post's offices in D.C.

Law Enforcement Teams Up With Washington Post To Make A Mess Of Investigation Into Brown University Shooting

CBS News Hitches Its Wagon To These Two Duds

Am I A Bug To You?

Albert Burneko

First issues of The New Yorker with a caricature cover of Eustace Tilley drawn by Rea Irvin, are displayed at the "Covering The New Yorker" exhibition to commemorate the magazine’s 100th anniversary.

Gambling

Everybody Stand Down: New Yorker Columnist’s Child Doesn’t Care About Sports Gambling

Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including Point B. Handsomest man in the world.

Drew Magary

Fox Sports play-by-play announcer Gus Johnson before a college basketball game between the St. John's Red Storm and the Connecticut Huskies at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 2025 in New York City.

College Football

At Last, Gus Johnson Meets An Octave He Cannot Defeat

Stephen A. Smith playing solitaire on his phone during the NBA Finals

Stephen A. Smith And Other ESPNers Partner With Obscenely Scuzzy Mobile Casino

ESPN Will Not Let Failure Push It Out Of The Gambling Business

Good Thing Nobody In Charge Of A Newspaper Wanted To Make Olivia Reingold A Video Star

David Roth

Terry Bradshaw (left) and Howie Long (right) on the set of the Fox NFL Sunday broadcast. Cleatus the Robot is in the background. Bradshaw is telling a story about texting someone he thought was Andy Reid and getting offered a chance to buy some pigs.

Terry Bradshaw: A Man I Believed To Be Andy Reid Recently Tried To Sell Me Pigs

Alex Sujong Laughlin

A black and white photo of a family gathered around a 1950s era television.

Podcasts Are Not Television

Free Press Reporter Discovers That Being An Amoral Dickhead Can Cost You Friends

Washington Post Editor Karen Attiah leads a discussion on Saudi hacking techniques at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 on May 28, 2019 in Oslo, Norway. (Photo by Julia Reinhart/Getty Images)

Washington Post Opinion Columnist Fired For Social Media Posts On Charlie Kirk

AI Aaron Rodgers in an incorrect Steelers hat, looking like shit